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Enemy Skills Acquisition Guide
Final Fantasy VII Remake

Enemy Skills Acquisition Guide

Learn how to acquire all Enemy Skills in Final Fantasy VII Remake with this comprehensive guide. Discover which enemies to learn skills from and how to obtain them.

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Enemy Skills Acquisition Guide

Learn how to acquire all Enemy Skills in Final Fantasy VII Remake with this comprehensive guide. Discover which enemies to learn skills from and how to obtain them.

This guide details how to acquire Enemy Skills in Final Fantasy VII Remake. Enemy Skills are powerful abilities that can be learned by equipping the Enemy Skill Materia and being hit by specific enemy attacks.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Acquire Enemy Skill Materia: This Materia is obtained during Chapter 4 after defeating the Air Buster boss.
  2. 2
    Equip Enemy Skill Materia: Equip the Materia on a character you wish to learn skills with.
  3. 3
    Find Enemies with Learnable Skills: Refer to the list below to find which enemies possess skills that can be learned.
  4. 4
    Get Hit by the Skill: Ensure the character with the Enemy Skill Materia is targeted by the enemy's specific skill. The skill will be learned automatically after the battle if successful.

Enemy Skills and Locations:

  • 1st Class: Learned from the 1st Class enemy in the Shinra Building.
  • Arcane Severance: Learned from the Behemoth King in the Mythril Mines.
  • Bad Breath: Learned from the Malboro in the Sunken Gelnika or the Great Malboro in the Shinra Mansion.
  • Big Guard: Learned from the Sweeper/Sweeper Mk. II in the Shinra Building or the M.O.G. in the Shinra Mansion.
  • Blue Magic: This is not a learnable skill but a category of skills.
  • Chocobo Kick: Learned from the Chocobo in the Chocobo Farm.
  • Cloud of Darkness: Learned from the Tonberry in the Shinra Mansion.
  • Corpse Explosion: Learned from the Zomok in the Northern Crater.
  • Death Force: Learned from the Death Claw in the Northern Crater.
  • Disaster: Learned from the Poodler in the Northern Crater.
  • Dragon Force: Learned from the Dragon Zombie in the Northern Crater.
  • Earthbreaker: Learned from the Juggernaut in the Northern Crater.
  • Elemental: This is a Materia, not an Enemy Skill.
  • Energy Blast: Learned from the Behemoth in the Northern Crater.
  • Flame Toss: Learned from the Flame Toss enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Flash: Learned from the Flash enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Giga-Attack: Learned from the Jenova LIFE in the Northern Crater.
  • Gravity: Learned from the Graviton enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Heartless Angel: Learned from Sephiroth in the Northern Crater.
  • Ice Assault: Learned from the Ice Assault enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Inferno: Learned from the Inferno enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • L4 Suicide: Learned from the L4 Bomb enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Magic Breath: Learned from the Magic Breath enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Magic Hammer: Learned from the Magic Hammer enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Magic Sword: Learned from the Magic Sword enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Mighty Guard: Learned from the M.O.G. in the Shinra Mansion.
  • Mind Break: Learned from the Mind Break enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Mime: Learned from the Mime enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Moonwalk: Learned from the Moonwalk enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Mystic Glow: Learned from the Mystic Glow enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Napalm: Learned from the Napalm enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Neo Bahamut: Learned from the Bahamut ZERO in the Northern Crater.
  • Nite Flurry: Learned from the Nite Flurry enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Odin: This is a Summon, not an Enemy Skill.
  • Pandora: Learned from the Pandora enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Photon: Learned from the Photon enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Poison Claw: Learned from the Poison Claw enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Power Break: Learned from the Power Break enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Primal Scream: Learned from the Primal Scream enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Pulse of Life: Learned from the Pulse of Life enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Quad Mist: Learned from the Quad Mist enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Rage: Learned from the Rage enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Rampage: Learned from the Rampage enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Reaper: Learned from the Reaper enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Regen: Learned from the Regen enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Ressurection: Learned from the Ressurection enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Rock Maker: Learned from the Rock Maker enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Ruin: Learned from the Ruin enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Scream: Learned from the Scream enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Shadow Flare: Learned from the Shadow Flare enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Shell: Learned from the Shell enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Shock: Learned from the Shock enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Shotgun Blast: Learned from the Shotgun Blast enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Shriek: Learned from the Shriek enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Silence: Learned from the Silence enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Sled Fang: Learned from the Sled Fang enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Sleep: Learned from the Sleep enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Slow: Learned from the Slow enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Sonic Boom: Learned from the Sonic Boom enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Soul Break: Learned from the Soul Break enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Spirit of the Forest: Learned from the Spirit of the Forest enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Stain: Learned from the Stain enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Star Shower: Learned from the Star Shower enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Stigma: Learned from the Stigma enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Stone: Learned from the Stone enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Storm: Learned from the Storm enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Summon: This is a Materia type, not an Enemy Skill.
  • Super Jump: Learned from the Super Jump enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Tail Spin: Learned from the Tail Spin enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Tornado: Learned from the Tornado enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Trine: Learned from the Trine enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Tsunami: Learned from the Tsunami enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Ultimate: Learned from the Ultimate enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Vampire: Learned from the Vampire enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Venomous Fang: Learned from the Venomous Fang enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Viper: Learned from the Viper enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Virus: Learned from the Virus enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Wall: Learned from the Wall enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Wave Cannon: Learned from the Wave Cannon enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • White Wind: Learned from the White Wind enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Wild Cat: Learned from the Wild Cat enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Wild Force: Learned from the Wild Force enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Wind Slash: Learned from the Wind Slash enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Winged Disk: Learned from the Winged Disk enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Wipeout: Learned from the Wipeout enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Withdraw: Learned from the Withdraw enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Wolf Attack: Learned from the Wolf Attack enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • X-Zone: Learned from the X-Zone enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Y-Hazard: Learned from the Y-Hazard enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Zantetsuken: Learned from the Zantetsuken enemy in the Northern Crater.
  • Zero-Sum Burst: Learned from the Zero-Sum Burst enemy in the Northern Crater.
Tips
  • Some Enemy Skills can only be learned from specific enemies in certain areas or at certain points in the story.
  • It is recommended to have the Enemy Skill Materia mastered (AP) to learn skills more easily.
  • Be prepared for challenging fights when seeking out specific enemies for their skills.

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